Wanniyala is a genus of cellar spiders native to Sri Lanka, first described by Huber & Benjamin in 2005. They have six eyes and four pair of legs and grow up to 2 mm in length. The abdomen is globular and males have a distinctive distal hinged sclerite on the procursus of genitalia. The name is derived from the Sri Lankans native to the island that the first spiders were found on- the Vedda people- and their surname Wanniyala-Aetto.
Species , it contains nine species: Wanniyala agrabopath Huber & Benjamin, 2005 — Sri Lanka Wanniyala hakgala Huber & Benjamin, 2005 — Sri Lanka Wanniyala labugama Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka Wanniyala mapalena Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka Wanniyala mudita Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka Wanniyala ohiya Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka Wanniyala orientalis Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka Wanniyala upekkha Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka Wanniyala viharekele Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
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